Time to Open the Future

This is the first generation that does not have the option of being a good person accepted in society by diligently following the rules. The rate of change is such that there are fewer and fewer cases covered by the rules.

That’s why what they really need is an education to be a changemaker.

- Ashoka founder and CEO Bill Drayton

‘Time to Open the Future’s Strategy and Achievements

It launched in 2016 with the sponsorship of Kakao Chairperson Kim Beom-soo. Since then, more than 800 educational innovators have participated, including Ashoka Fellows at home and abroad, and made bigger changes together.

1. Identify/Validate : Explore and discover innovators in and out of the ecosystems

More than half of the 15 Ashoka Fellows elected in Korea, eight are working for education and youth fields. Chanpil Jung, founder of the Future Class Network and Flipped Campus, was elected as Ashoka Fellow in 2016 when Open the Future launched. His organization and its initiative have established themselves as one of the most experimental and innovative solutions of ‘Future Education’ in Korea. ‘Kitkit School’, educational software for children in underdeveloped countries which was developed by Sooinn Lee (CEO of Enuma), 2017 Ashoka Fellow, is drawing global attention in bridging the educational gap through technology.

2. Convene: Create a platform for those in the field to gather, exchange and collectively urge a paradigm shift

‘Time to Open the Future’ has regularly held the "T.O.F. Forum" to share various trends in the educational ecosystem with educational innovators and practitioners and to urge a shift in the educational paradigm: 1,000+ participants for a total of 9 Forums.

3. Localize/Matchmake: Promote and facilitate various collaborations based on proven solutions

Based on the global network, Ashoka Korea steps up to introduce and adapt the global Ashoka Fellows’ solution to Korean society as well as to facilitate collaborations among Fellows in Korea. A variety of ’team of teams’ activities by ‘Ashoka fellow - Ashoka fellow’, ‘Ashoka fellow - other innovator’, ‘innovator - innovator', and ‘company - Ashoka fellow' are being promoted through "Time to Open the Future". They have produced many good examples of practical collaborations for educational innovation, and Ashoka Korea is trying to help them scale-up for greater impact.

4. Contentify: Content production and distribution

The documentary titled "TEN: 10 Clues of Future Education" is one of the most tangible achievements of ‘Time to Open the Future’. It covers powerful solutions around the "Time to Open the Future" network, ranging from pre-kindergarten to college education, from public school to alternative and out-of-school youth organizations, and even some global emerging trends in education. It is evaluated that it captures well current changes in the education, and successfully delivers what those changes imply for us.

"TEN: 10 Clues of Future Education" was not only aired on KBS(Korean Broadcasting System, the biggest national broadcasting company), but also spread through the previews which were held multiple times at the invitation of many regional education offices, universities, and educational innovation organizations across the country. This has helped players in the educational ecosystem to initiate their own moves and to launch cooperations with others under the common theme of "Innovational Education."

Watch trailer for <TEN: 10 Clues of Future Education>